Rethinking adolescent states of mind: A relationship/lifespan view of attachment and psychopathology

Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: The Origins and Organization of Adaptation and Maladaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 185-229

  Kobak, Roger ^a   Zajac, Kristyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult attachment interview (AAI); Attachment; Psychopathology; Relationship lifespan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955144938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118036600.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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